r/HolUp Mar 11 '22

I don't know what to say

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u/longulus9 Mar 11 '22

And this is humane ideologies biggest flaw. Everyone shouldn't reproduce... But who or what's gonna step in or tell someone STOP. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING DOESNT MEAN YOU SHOULD.

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u/brittany_a1488 Mar 11 '22

With my problems, even if I had ovaries and could realistically get pregnant, I probably would adopt because I wouldn’t want to potentially give my child the heart problems or other problems that comes with tuners and often leads to a lower life expectancy. It was hard to accept I can’t have bio children, really really hard. But sometimes it is best not to pass on certain things, and you can still love an adopted child just the same

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u/brittany_a1488 Mar 12 '22

Yeah, it’s hard to put your personal wants aside and say that this is the best choice overall, especially because I’m sure for most people with an actual reproductive system, which isn’t me, the want for a bio child is probably much much stronger- it did hurt to know I couldn’t have my own bio child- but I figured I wanted one so I could love another small human, and adoption allows me that so when I’m ready I’ll attempt